Minutes: 18 April 2024

Thursday, 18 April 2024

12th Meeting, 2024

Start time: 09:00am

End time: 11:02am

Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room

Published: Thursday, 18 April 2024

Committee Member attendees:

Minutes

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take agenda items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in private.

2. The Auditor General for Scotland's Work Programme:

The Committee took evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;

Antony Clark, Executive Director and Mark MacPherson, Audit Director, Audit Scotland.

3. The Auditor General for Scotland's Work Programme (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and took further evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;

Antony Clark, Executive Director and Mark MacPherson, Audit Director, Audit Scotland.

4. The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard on 14 March and 28 March 2024 and took further evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;

Michael Oliphant, Audit Director and Tommy Yule, Senior Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.

5. Decarbonising heat in homes (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard on 28 March 2024 and took further evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;

Rebecca Seidel, Senior Manager and Derek Hoy, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.

6. The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda item 4.

7. Decarbonising heat in homes (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda item 5 and agreed to close its scrutiny of the Decarbonising heat in homes report and in doing so, write to the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee and the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.

8. The Auditor General for Scotland's Work Programme (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 3 and agreed to seek the views of other Parliamentary committees on the Auditor General for Scotland's draft work programme.